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Link profile: North Star West, Inc.
Category: Start / Supplies / Weapons
Suppliers of Flintlock Trade Guns
Historically correct reproductions of 18th and 19th century smooth bore muzzleloading guns.
Matt and Mary Denison began their buckskinning adventure in 1989 after accidentally coming upon a rendezvous on a vacation in Northern California. One of the trailwalkers showed Matt how to load and shoot a muzzleloading rifle. After taking careful aim and squeezing the trigger he hit that first gong and he was completely hooked.
Over the next few years they became deeply involved in buckskinning. They joined the Diablo Buckskinners where they met Bob "Iron Jaw" & Claudia Rathbun. In 1992 Matt purchased a North Star West Trade Gun, "in the white", from Iron Jaw who patiently showed him how to finish and tune it to shoot it's best. That year he, Matt, was the #3 shooter in the club competing against 45 other shooters with rifles!
Bob and Claudia took North Star West to their new home in Nevada and Matt and Mary moved to a log cabin in the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana. While in Montana they were instrumental in starting a local black powder club, booshwaying the first Sapphire Mountain Men rendezvous. An enthusiastic member of the N.R.A. the N.M.L.R.A. and several other local and national shooting associations, not to mention attendance at dozens of rendezvous and other black powder events, prepared him to become the current President of the local shooting and buckskinning club.
Mary, besides being a shooter, is a natural born teacher. She conducts seminars on finger weaving and loves open fire cooking. She loves running the kids programs and handing out prizes to the children at the awards ceremony. Mary will often be seen teaching pilgrims how to properly load and shoot a muzzleloader and lecturing on gun safety.
While Mary doesn't care much for sleeping in the snow with only one blanket and eating parched corn with black tea, Matt is passionate about historical trekking. Going out in the woods for the weekend with his trade gun, a blanket and a few pals is his idea of great fun. These outings always include an impromptu smoothbore match.
Over the years Matt "Laffin Dog" stayed in contact with Iron Jaw, occasionally meeting up at rendezvous in the western states. When Iron Jaw told Matt & Mary that North Star West was for sale a spark was struck in the pan that would eventually result in Matt and Mary buying the business and moving it, lock, stock and barrel to their mountain home in Frenchtown, Montana. It is a perfect blend of life style and livelihood for Matt, who after training with "the master" Bob Rathbun hopes to continue producing historically correct, straight shooting trade guns in the tradition of Curly Gostomski, Iron Jaw and "the Crown". Mary's lifelong career as an accountant will ensure that all accounts are kept square and orders are processed correctly and accurately.
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